I'll second what wdupre just said. The sooner the better.

Great news, darlsia I'll have to try it this evening Don

jelisa, Have you tried Lourdes Python MAT with Poser 5? I think it came out under P4 and have read that P5 has a newer version of Python. I'd also like to know whether it takes into account all the new material "stuff" in P5. Don

Alchera, re applying to individual items, I hope I am not stating the obvious, but if you want the material to apply to all or most of the items you can apply it to one, then rightclick on the heading of the node and select "Apply to All"

Hi Sharen, I think I am seeing a pattern. It does not look like it has anything to do with where the texture file is located. I've copied it into the Poser5 textures file, and I've tried it where it is, in the Poser 4 textures file. For me to get the MAT's to work I have to: Go into Materials Room Select the figure (in this case, Don) Then double click on my MAT file. Then if I render I find that I have the new textures applied properly (except, of course, for the eyes). It simply will not apply a MAT for me from the Pose Room. Also, if I decide to change to yet another MAT while I'm in the Materials Room it will not make the change until I select a different Material from the drop down box. (It doesn't seem to care what material I select,Iris, Tongue, who cares, just as long as I make a selection.)

There's a lot of great information here that I'll need some time to let sink in. But, in my case I think it has more to do with Poser not changing the pointer (to the texture file) when you apply your new MAT. In the Material Room watch the Color_texture node while you apply MATs. You will see that the texture name does not change. Yet if you click on image_source you will find that your new texture is now in the drop down list of textures to pick from. Pick your new texture from this drop down list and everything renders fine--- but of course that defeats the purpose of using MATs in the first place.

There's a thread called "Good news/bad news for Don and Judy using Mike and Vicki MATs" which says: "The good news - for the most part, Mike and Vicki textures work well on Don and Judy, respectively. I tried a few random textures with MAT files and they worked normally. (I didn't do the microscope routine, so there may be a few touchups needed, but as far as I can tell, the textures seem to map properly. Even tattoos and detailed makeup had no discernable distortions. The bad news - the eyes are mapped differently." I thought it sounded too good to be true.

I'm trying to load Mike textures onto Don. I believe other posts here have said they work. (?)

You went way over my head there. What is a Pro Pack compatible MAT? Can I edit a "non Pro Pack" MAT in my text editor and make it into a Pro Pack one?

Have you sent out the UPS notice emails yet? (I just want to know whether to be sad, since I haven't gotten one)

Thanks, Little Dragon. I'll just download the lite one. Frankly, I had such an awful time buying and downloading the full version and the texture that I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something before using up more of Daz' bandwidth downloading the lite version.

Little Dragon- I saw that the full version was supposed to also contain the lite version. I've installed the full version, yet do not see the lite version. Can you tell me where it is?

I haven't been able to get onto SENO all weekend. Anybody know if there is a problem?

I downloaded the 20 day demo, but am having a lot of trouble getting anything out of it and into poser. There's a tut on Credo interactive's site, but it looks like it is for an earlier version. Any suggestions you have would be appreciated.

Phil Please describe the juggling you use to add extra torsos and legs to AvLab. Also, are you limited, or can you also add heads? Thanks